Working with businesses and boards providing People & Culture, transformation and governance expertise

Working with you in a flexible way in all aspects of People & Culture and governance support

Sharing senior people management expertise to develop leaders and managers
Designing & delivering large scale transformation projects, stand alone or as part of an HR team
One off advisory services or investigation support
Creating structure around your people agenda including policy review and development
Experienced board member
Hourly, daily and fixed fee pricing options available
Available to work in NZ, Australia and the UK

About Me

Shiree Murdoch

Director

Currently based in Auckland, I returned to NZ in 2018 after 18 years living and working in London. Originally from Ashburton, I studied at Canterbury and the first part of my career was in Retail Sales at Mobil Oil NZ Limited. During my time at Mobil, I moved into HR, and have spent the last 25 years of my career working across HR and Operations. In London I worked in both Financial and Professional Services, with the last 12 years at Director level at EY and then Nabarro LLP. I had a year of travel before returning home and before setting up Murdoch Consulting, I was the Head of HR at Triton Hearing. Since 2022 I have been in large scale manufacturing as a Leadership Team member and GM People, Culture & Safety at Oji Fibre Solutions.

During my career to date my roles have had a significant change agenda. Key to success has been balancing working with Senior Leadership Teams and Boards in a calm and practical way while also leading my own large teams. My blend of experience means that I can perform across the spectrum of the people agenda bringing a mixture of strategic thinking grounded in a hands on practical approach. I have been a member of three NZ boards and am a Chartered Member of the NZ Institute of Directors, and a Chartered Fellow of the UK Institute of Personnel Development.

People & Culture Services

After more than 25years working in People & Culture I have a strong generalist background and experience of the people agenda in times of growth and also the more challenging times. I work with values driven organisations and teams where I can make a difference and have some fun along the way. I’m flexible about whether it’s me delivering the work or working alongside HR teams for project work or to assist with upskilling.

Strategy development and employee engagement
Workforce planning and transformation
Disciplinaries, investigations and restructuring
Management support
Policy audit and development
HR Projects
Coaching and mentoring HR teams
Senior interim HR support

Working with me...

Insightful, witty, commercial and immensely effective are words that come to mind when I think of Shiree Murdoch. I had the pleasure of working with Shiree when she consulted to KONE across a broad range of HR, IR and Organisational Development matters during the global pandemic, when our partnership spanned Australian and New Zealand’s international borders. I had absolute trust in Shiree’s unwavering ethical and professional standards and genuine care for the experience of our employees. The degree to which Shiree became a respected and embedded member of the operational leadership team underlines her ability to advise, support, and challenge with good humour. I would welcome the opportunity to work with Shiree again, and I would be delighted to recommend her to others in any business sector.

Kathryn Farnell

Director – People, KONE Australia / New Zealand

Shiree joined the Triton Hearing business in New Zealand at a pivotal time. Our challenger brand aspirations lead to a period of rapid growth and market share gain, along with significant ‘growing pains’. Shiree immediately set about imparting her broad HR knowledge and expertise, delivering a transformation of the structure and instilling integrity into the succession plan.
The outcome was a future proof organisation structure with several key leadership appointments. The new structure has led to continued double-digit growth in the Triton Hearing business. The true test of a leader is their legacy. Shiree’s support during the COVID-19 crises was exemplary. Providing counsel and rapid change assessment/implementation, Shiree supported the business through the myriad of challenges and was instrumental in the post-COVID rebound, which has seen the business reach record results.
It has been a privilege to have Shiree as part of the Leadership Team at Triton. I am delighted we will be her anchor client in her new consultancy and look forward to the results of the key transformational initiatives she is currently working on.

James Whittaker

Former Managing Director, Triton Hearing Limited

I worked with Shiree for 6 years firstly when I was Managing Partner at Nabarro LLP, a UK law firm, and then post-merger at CMS where she became the HR Director of the newly merged Global firm. Shiree was a thoroughly professional and hard-working HR Director carrying out and overseeing "business as usual" HR operations in addition to moving the firm forward dealing with the difficult change, merger and pensions issues that arose. Where Shiree excels is the ability to get things done but at the same time really empathising with people be they partners or employees, at all levels of the business. I have no hesitation in recommending Shiree as she will really make a difference in your business, whatever sector it is in. I certainly viewed Shiree as the most important hire I made.

Andrew Inkester

Former Managing Partner Nabarro LLP & Executive Partner CMS LLP

Working with Shiree has been an absolute privilege. She served on the Board of Trustees at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic throughout my tenure as President, and her guidance and mentorship have been invaluable as I transitioned into the role and shaped my leadership approach. Shiree combines strategic insight with genuine care for people, and she is never afraid to challenge or give honest, thoughtful advice, always with warmth, wit and great humour. Even after stepping off the Board, she continues to be a trusted sounding board whose perspective and friendship I deeply value.

Kelly HOLT

President, New Zealand College of Chiropractic

In my time working with Shiree she was a total delight - a real breath of fresh air. She takes ownership of issues – she doesn’t dither and isn’t afraid to make decisions. She never fails to use her enormous energy and focus to get things done but always in a way that ensures she takes everyone with her. Shiree has a special ability to show genuine understanding and empathy of differing and sometimes conflicting views. What I particularly love is that she gets on with everyone, whatever walk of life they are from and whatever position they hold - she genuinely puts people at their ease. As an added bonus she is just always such great fun!

Caroline Maude

Real Estate Partner, Nabarro and CMS LLP

Shiree was a fellow Director of HR in Law (now People in Law) a successful UK legal HR, training, thought leadership and networking company. We worked together for 8 years. She was a supportive colleague and very well regarded by her peers. Shiree was a source of inspiration, ideas and contacts for People in Law and great fun to work with and to be in the company of socially. She is a completer-finisher and never fails to deliver on a promise to get stuff done. She is hard working and collaborative but also has tremendous commercial vision and awareness. I miss working with Shiree.

Rob Hind

Chair, People in Law; Director, Rob Hind HR Ltd; Former Director of HR, Macfarlanes LLP

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